Back to Work Week

After an intense week of delusional therapy, the 49ers resume their fall from grace this week by traveling to Seattle to be squashed like a bug before returning home to be thoroughly thrashed by the Arizona Cardinals.

At that point, the Niners record will be 3-8. Anybody who thinks they can then partially redeem the season by running the table for the last five games will be mailed a lifetime membership to Unca_Chuck’s blog, where reality is always a dollar short, a year late, and never more than a fleeting, accidental tourist.

It’s probably late enough in this desultory season to speculate on what sort of record it would take to get Jim Tomsula and his staff fired. Does he keep his job with five wins? Six? It’s not a question of whether he deserves to be fired — he should never have been hired in the first place. No, it’s purely a question of how much embarrassment to Jed York‘s ego would it take for York to essentially admit he screwed up.

Tomsula needs three more victories to hit six for the year. York could then point to a second half record of 4-4 as reason for optimism and reason to keep Tomsula. This would be complete horseshit, but I’m sure York would try foisting it off anyway.

It’s a dangerous game to play, though. A lot of fans bought into York’s hogwash from the end of last season, but how many of those would buy in again after this year’s fiasco? I mean, there’s got to be some blood on the highway after this season. Right? Who’s going to provide that necessity?

The Rams are 3-0 in the division, but 1-5 everywhere else. Not this year boys, sorry. The Seahawks pretty much need to go 6-1 to have a shot at the playoffs this year. And that depends on how far the Falcons fall or the two NFC North teams, the Packers and Vikings. Everyone else in the conference is just playing out the string or hoping, like the Seahawks, to run the table over the final seven games.

The refs screwed up the Ravens/Jaguars game and the NFL acknowledged the error. It should be a simple and fair matter, since it occurred on what should have been the last play of the game, to reverse the score and give the Ravens their victory. That can’t be done for only one reason: the gambling industry has already paid off the “winners.” So, while players in all pro sports are strictly monitored for ties to the gambling industry, the league itself is completely in bed with them. The gambling industry decides when a game is over. Period. And it doesn’t matter if the erroneous victory or loss affects the playoffs or a team’s entire season. Perhaps winnings should simply be delayed for one day to give the league the chance to do the right thing. Not that they would, but that they could.

If STL can get high enough in the draft and can get Connor Cook, Foles could be available. They are a QB away and they choose to go with a draftee, would seriously consider Foles over Gabbert as starter.

You’ll never hear York admit he was wrong. People like him refuse to see they were wrong. They think everyone else screwed up making them appear to be wrong.

Have you seen anyone from the barnyard sheep herd saying they were wrong? Same concept at work there.

Last year everyone knew we had key injuries and a back-stabbing campaign to deal with and yet, there was hope, even expectations, to go to the playoffs, even among the dimmest sheep who were bleating “Super Bowl win or nothing!” there was disappointment and shock when we didn’t.

This year there is no talk of that sort of team, or coach, or winning. Just the mess that was once the 49ers. But York won’t cop to it, nor will Baalke. That’s what the rat was promoted for. Looking all befuddled and confused on the sidelines and on camera hopelessly repeating, “it starts with me.” The ideal dupe and example of York’s leadership.

Or maybe York is just that football stupid and dirty dealing smart. Either way he won’t admit to fault, and after all, isn’t he just his Moms dupe?

Bottom line for me is Kap playing like a $14 mil QB?
You could tolerate the mistakes at $2 mil a year but now he has the pressure to live up to his salary.
His supporters haven’t revealed how Kap is going to improve.
Their solution is to give him a solid Oline but somehow he is unable to counter defensive schemes used to thwart him.
If Kap is not going to improve his game then he doesn’t deserve the big paycheck.
The Niners and Baalke basically trade Iupati’s salary for Torrey Smith. Kap hit Torrey Smith for deep TDs in two games out
of eight which basically leads one to believe they wasted a big contract On Torrey Smith. Past the halfway point Smith has been a dud as has Jerome Simpson in 2 games.

With Kap’s new deal more is expected of him and he has delivered less. If Kap doesn’t have an epiphany and realize that mechanics and footwork as well as watching film are the keys to improving then it’ll be a lost cause.

Aldon was doing okay until Kaep screwed his girl. Not a big fan of Kaep for doing that. Your question, though, depends entirely on who Aldon hangs out with over the next year. My guess is he stays out of trouble.

Not sure if I mentioned the LT from No Dakota St yet?
He’s blocking for Wentz

Joe Haeg – 6’6″/310
Carrying a RD3 grade, which could open the slots ahead of him for other needs.
Appears he’s flying under the radar thus far in a smaller program.
Light on his feet and good technique.

09/16/2015 – SEPT 14 MISSOURI VALLEY OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: LT Joe Haeg, North Dakota State, 6-6, 310, Sr., Lake Shore (Minn.) Brainerd…
Haeg played 77 of 81 snaps and led the Bison with 12 total knockdowns with nine pancakes and two decleaters. He had NDSU’s highest grade with a 99 percent on assignment and 92 percent on technique. Haeg was responsible for zero sacks or quarterback hurries for the second week in a row.
NDSU rolled up 316 rushing yards between nine different ball carriers and passed for 281 yards. – Missouri Valley Football

Hey skeebs- i consider myself a member of unca chucks blog and I know what reality is…most of the time. I don’t think we’re gonna run anything this year but I would love to see us win a couple/few more games.

“A former tight end who made the move to offensive line in high school, Spriggs earned a starting job shortly after he arrived in Bloomington and has been a model of consistency at left tackle for the Hoosiers. In 10 starts in 2014, he allowed just two sacks and was a consistent force in the run game, helping Tevin Coleman rush for over 2,000 yards.”

Peter King has an interesting article at mmqb.si.Com on a QB and his game plan, 5 days to,absorb 171 plays. Part 1 is pre-game and for Nov 1 ARI vs CLE.

Bruce Arians probably has the most complicated game plans. Not just plays, but the expected pressures and how to deal with it. They even have the scout team reacting how they expect the Browns D will play each play. Palmer puts on a virtual reality headset and see what the scout D did.

Contrast this approach to the dumbed down playbook and simplified routes that CK could handle. No wonder we lost big to them, and will do so in 2 weeks as well.

Last season one of the criticisms of Greg Roman as the OC was
other teams were playing chess and the Niners were playing checkers.

Turns out that criticism is unwarranted as Chryst has spilled the beans that Kap wasn’t understanding the playbook so Chryst admitted it’s been simplified.

I always wondered why after a the Niners go 3 and out why you just see Kap on the sideline with hands on hips looking mad. Other QBs are with their QB coach looking at their tablets or at pictures and discussing why it didn’t work.

If Kap doesn’t change I want no part of him at QB for the Niners because of his salary and his continued lack of development as a pro passing QB.

Per game Arians wants to take 6 home runs, or long shots. Wonder how big his playbook is. Typically he select 150 plays that OC and him think would work best against the D and their tendencies.

So in offseason, OTA’s, and preseason the QB needs to understand in detail per play all routes run and progressions and personnel and formations and suitable audibles based on expected D and shown blitzes.

Carson Palmer is like a coach out there and knows where the players line up and RB & FB blocking and WR/TE routes. Arians would not accept a QB like CK.

Wonder how he would react if his high draft pick turned out to be like CK. Have to believe he would draft only pocket passers in pro type O’s in college. Does he still have Logan Thomas on his roster?

Bullit my Chess vs Checkers analogy simply suggested that we were playing checkers.
If that was a result of the QB, or not, it still spells out the obvious.
We are now hearing how it got even simpler this year, under the new Staff.

One common denominator is still involved.
The guy running the Offense on every play call.

Whether ATL has a good Defense or not, Gabbert hit Celek in the End Zone. Twice.

Let’s see what happens in Seattle on Sunday.
Kaep managed next to nothing with his efforts to date.

If the decision has already been made to dump Kaepernick then there is no other choice but to let Gabbert start for the remainder of the year. If Kaepernick is still under consideration, then I’d bring him back after the ARI game to see if/how he benefitted from the break and if he’s worth the effort to continue as the starting QB for the Niners.

As for computerized analytics, in basic terms, computers can only add 0+0, 0+1 or 1+1, albeit very very quickly, all the rest is programming. Programming is humans. Those humans are no more immune to mistakes and ill-conceived notions then are the humans doing their analyses from other methods, like experience and knowledge.

Jed is so brave. He’ll discuss the state of the 3-6 team after the season. He was so brave last year, too, almost to the date, when his “Unacceptable” remarks concerned a 7-5 team still much in playoff contention.

What’s poor Jed to do now that he doesn’t have Harbaugh to kick around anymore?

Tex Schramm and Gil Brandt, working with Tom Landry, were the guys who brought computerized statistical models to drafting. It made the Cowboys a dynasty in the ’70s.

Look at who was doing it, though – Tex Schramm, Gil Brandt and Tom Landry. Juuuust a bit of a difference. I can give Jed all the computer tools he needs to produce a car, but I can’t stop him from building a Yugo.

Yeah, that’s my point. Some folks think because it comes out of a computerized system it’s infallible. Garbage in, garbage out was never more accurate. Events drive statistics. Statistics don’t drive events. Statistics can only inform to the extent of the understanding a person has in its make up.

And you’ve touched on a pet peeve of mine. Yeah I mean another one.
In some cultures the term “I’m accountable” means you fall on your sword and end your life. In others it can result in suffering a public humiliation dissolving your credibility or real penalty of some sort. In American culture these days it is virtually meaningless. An expression always issued with puffed out chest as if some supreme sacrifice will be the price paid for failure, but nowadays it’s a joke on the poor saps that listen to it without stoning the fool who said it and insulted your intelligence by doing so.

“I take full responsibility” = I don’t do shit right, I won’t do shit right, and you’ll vote for me again because you’re an idiot and we both know it.

I recall last year when I saw Kap throwing low balls into the ground and getting lectured by Chuckles that all NFL QBs did that.
I took a lot of grief for noticing how inaccurate Kap was. I was also ridiculed for making the statement that his fastballs weren’t working and was laughed at by Chuckles who cited that Elway threw fastballs. Elway did not start winning in the playoffs until he started taking something off the fastballs.

Even Chuck doesn’t beat a dead horse more than you do. Everything Kaepernick does wrong, you saw coming and you called it. Every time Kaep screws up it’s a credit to your desire to keep the game manager checking down forever hoping he had more QB potential, but he didn’t. And yet you didn’t see that coming for what, eight years? Still?

It’s not a matter of QB/player evaluation, it’s a matter of you resenting Kaepernick for replacing Alex Smith. That’s it. And then repeating and posting everything ever written on the internet bashing Kaepernick as if it’s a plus for you even though it’s bad for the team.

I do not resent Kap for replacing Smith. I’ve moved on from that but you still display your dislike of Smith.
Maybe you’ll deny this but Kap isn’t exactly an inspirational leader and most QBs are leaders.

Apparently you are willing to overlook Kap’s many flaws. At a top salary I’m not.

Nice to see the Ws starting off where they left off = winning. 13-0 nice.

BTW in that article by BASG Steve Berman he points out that Paraag instituted the looney computer grading system but also he has wormed his way into of the confidence of young York. Could it be that Marathe’s the malignant rat behind the fall of the coulda been Niner Dynasty II? It looks possible. I’ll reread the article later. Of course the non-football guy York placed his confidence in the ultra non-football guy, the Indian Marathe, a disastrous mistake.

Probably one of many but I’m trying to find the fundamental one. York certainly has poor judgement with people…